IDF soldiers detained 22 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank Monday night. The unusual series of arrests was aimed at causing damage to terror groups.
The arrested Palestinians were members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
A Hamas member was arrested in the village of Qarawat Bani Zaid, northwest of Ramallah. Two other members of the organization were detained in the village of Jilazun, north of Ramallah, and another Hamas member was captured northwest of Ramallah.
The soldiers detained another Hamas member in the village of Farha, southeast of Qalqilya, and two members in the village of Tzurif, southwest of Bethlehem.
A PFLP member was arrested in the village of Beit Furik, south of Nablus, and four other members of the organization were detained in the village of Bidou, southwest of Ramallah.
An Islamic Jihad was detained southeast of Qalqilya. A Fatah member and seven Islamic Jihad members were arrested in Nablus, and a wanted PFLP member was detained in the village of Yabed, west of Jenin.
Mofaz: Operations will continue
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned Sunday that if Hamas resumes its attacks against Israel, "we will use all the means at our disposal against them, including targeted killings."
Mofaz added that operations against the Islamic Jihad will continue, especially in light of warnings that the organization is planning on infiltrating suicide bombers into Israel.
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